Romanian-Cypriot female tennis player
Raluca Serban Full name Raluca Georgiana Șerban Country (sports) Cyprus (2019–current) Romania (2013–2018)Residence Cyprus[1] Born (1997-06-17 ) 17 June 1997 (age 26) Constanța , RomaniaHeight 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Turned pro 2013 Plays Right (two-handed backhand) Prize money US$ 392,455 Official website https://serbanraluca.com/ Career record 322–164 (66.3%) Career titles 13 ITF Highest ranking No. 152 (24 July 2023) Current ranking No. 208 (18 March 2024) Australian Open Q2 (2024 ) French Open Q3 (2024 ) Wimbledon Q2 (2023 ) US Open Q1 (2019 , 2022 , 2023 ) Career record 141–77 (64.7%) Career titles 14 ITF Highest ranking No. 176 (14 January 2019) Current ranking No. 449 (18 March 2024) Fed Cup 10–2 (83.3%) Last updated on: 21 March 2024.
Raluca Georgiana Șerban (Greek : Ραλούκα Τζεορτζιάνα Σερμπάν ; born 17 June 1997) is a Romanian-born professional tennis player, who since 2019 has represented Cyprus.
Șerban has career-high WTA rankings of 152 in singles and 176 in doubles. She has won 13 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit .
She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 Luxembourg Open , in the doubles event partnering Isabella Shinikova .
At the 2022 Budapest Grand Prix , she made her WTA Tour singles debut.[2]
Performance timeline [ edit ] Key W F SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles [ edit ] Current through the 2023 French Open .
ITF Circuit finals [ edit ] Singles: 23 (13 titles, 10 runner–ups) [ edit ] Legend $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10/15,000 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 Apr 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Cristina Sánchez-Quintanar 6–2, 6–3 Win 2–0 Apr 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Anna Bondár 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 Win 3–0 Apr 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Cristiana Ferrando 6–3, 7–6(7–4) Loss 3–1 Jun 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Ayla Aksu 3–6, 3–6 Win 4–1 Nov 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Gabriella Taylor 6–4, 7–5 Win 5–1 Nov 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Nina Kruijer 3–6, 4–0 ret. Win 6–1 Jan 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Alena Fomina 6–2, 6–3 Loss 6–2 Mar 2017 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Dejana Radanović 4–6, 6–7(1) Win 7–2 May 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Dasha Ivanova 7–5, 6–2 Loss 7–3 Sep 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Despina Papamichail 6–3, 2–6, 6–7(6) Win 8–3 Mar 2018 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Anastasia Dețiuc 6–3, 5–7, 6–2 Loss 8–4 Apr 2018 Chiasso Open , Switzerland 25,000 Clay Cindy Burger 7–6(4) , 4–6, 3–6 Loss 8–5 May 2018 ITF Balatonboglár, Hungary 25,000 Clay Kaja Juvan 4–6, 1–6 Win 9–5 Oct 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Anastasia Grymalska 7–6(2) , 6–4 Win 10–5 Oct 2018 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard (i) Nina Stojanović 6–2, 7–5 Loss 10–6 Nov 2018 ITF Minsk, Belarus 25,000 Hard (i) Yuliya Hatouka 5–7, 5–7 Win 11–6 Sep 2021 ITF Santarém, Portugal 25,000 Hard Daria Snigur 6–3, 6–4 Win 12–6 Apr 2022 Bellinzona Ladies Open , Switzerland 60,000 Clay Ekaterine Gorgodze 6–3, 6–0 Win 13–6 Oct 2022 ITF Seville, Spain 25,000 Clay İpek Öz 6–3, 6–0 Loss 13–7 Feb 2023 Guanajuato Open , Mexico 60,000+H Hard Kamilla Rakhimova 0–6, 6–1, 2–6 Loss 13–8 May 2023 ITF Larnaca, Cyprus 25,000 Clay Tímea Babos 4–6, 7–5, 6–7(5) Loss 13–9 Jun 2023 Internazionali di Caserta , Italy 60,000 Clay Hailey Baptiste 3–6, 2–6 Loss 13–10 Jul 2023 Internazionali di Roma, Italy 60,000 Clay Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 2–6, 4–6
Doubles: 29 (15 titles, 14 runner–ups) [ edit ] Legend $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $40,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10/15,000 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0–1 Mar 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Nicoleta Dascălu Li Yihong Zhu Lin 6–3, 3–6, [3–10] Loss 0–2 May 2014 ITF Sibiu, Romania 10,000 Clay Vendula Žovincová Camelia Hristea Oana Georgeta Simion 6–7(2) , 1–6 Win 1–2 Nov 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Oana Georgeta Simion Natalija Kostić Nevena Selaković 6–4, 6–2 Win 2–2 Oct 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Viktória Kužmová Steffi Distelmans Kelly Versteeg 6–2, 6–0 Loss 2–3 Mar 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Andreea Ghițescu Yvonne Neuwirth Nicole Rottmann 6–2, 4–6, [5–10] Loss 2–4 Apr 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Kseniia Bekker Cristiana Ferrando Dalma Gálfi 4–6, 7–5, [12–14] Loss 2–5 Jun 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Miriana Tona Arianne Hartono Paige Hourigan 3–6, ret. Win 3–5 Nov 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Vlada Ekshibarova Cristiana Ferrando Michaela Boev 6–4, 7–6(4) Loss 3–6 Mar 2017 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Oana Georgeta Simion Michaela Hončová Francesca Palmigiano 4–6, 3–6 Win 4–6 Mar 2017 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Oana Georgeta Simion Charlotte Robillard-Millette Carol Zhao 3–6, 7–6(2) , [10–2] Win 5–6 Jun 2017 ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal 25,000 Hard Ayla Aksu María Fernanda Herazo Victoria Rodríguez 6–4, 6–1 Win 6–6 Jul 2017 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 25,000 Clay Kseniia Bekker Laura Schaeder Anna Zaja 6–3, 5–7, [10–5] Loss 6–7 Jul 2017 ITS Cup , Czech Republic 80,000 Clay Michaela Hončová Amandine Hesse Victoria Rodríguez 6–3, 2–6, [6–10] Win 7–7 Jan 2018 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 15,000 Hard (i) Laura Ioana Paar Petra Krejsová Jesika Malečková 6–0, 6–7(7) , [10–5] Win 8–7 Feb 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Oana Georgeta Simion Mana Ayukawa Nina Stadler 6–2, 7–6(5) Win 9–7 Mar 2018 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Michaela Boev Gabriela Davidescu Alexandra Stăiculescu 6–1, 2–6, [10–7] Loss 9–8 Mar 2018 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Michaela Boev Kerrie Cartwright Kariann Pierre-Louis 4–6, 5–7 Win 10–8 May 2018 ITF Balatonboglár, Hungary 25,000 Clay Anna Bondár Ágnes Bukta Dalma Gálfi 6–1, 7–6(2) Loss 10–9 May 2018 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain 25,000 Hard Pranjala Yadlapalli Giuliana Olmos Laura Pigossi 4–6, 4–6 Loss 10–10 Jun 2018 ITF Madrid, Spain 25,000 Clay (i) Anastasia Pribylova Montserrat González Wang Xiyu 4–6, 6–7(4) Win 11–10 Aug 2018 ITF Koksijde, Belgium 25,000 Clay Anna Bondár Dea Herdželaš Tereza Mihalíková 6–3, 6–0 Win 12–10 Jul 2019 ITF Prague Open , Czech Republic 60,000 Clay Nicoleta Dascălu Lucie Hradecká Johana Marková 6–4, 6–4 Win 13–10 Oct 2019 ITF Nanning, China 25,000 Hard Ksenia Laskutova Cao Siqi Wang Danni 6–2, 6–4 Loss 13–11 Jan 2020 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon , France 60,000 Hard (i) Ekaterine Gorgodze Jaqueline Cristian Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6–7(6) , 7–6(4) , [8–10] Loss 13–12 Sep 2020 Zubr Cup , Czech Republic 25,000 Clay Nicoleta Dascălu Chantal Škamlová Tereza Smitková 6–7(5) , 6–7(4) Loss 13–13 May 2021 ITF Otočec, Slovenia 25,000 Clay Lea Bošković Federica di Sarra Camilla Rosatello 4–6, 7–6(4) , [4–10] Win 14–13 Feb 2023 ITF Mexico City 40,000 Hard Despina Papamichail Yuliana Lizarazo María Paulina Pérez 3–6, 6–4, [10–4] Loss 14–14 May 2023 ITF Larnaca, Cyprus 25,000 Clay Maria Siopacha Luisa Meyer auf der Heide Miriana Tona 5–7, 4–6 Win 15–14 Jun 2024 ITF Troisdorf, Germany 40,000 Clay Anca Todoni Chiara Scholl Yana Morderger 6-0, 6-3
National representation [ edit ] Games of the Small States of Europe [ edit ] Singles: 1 (1 win) [ edit ] Doubles: 2 (2 wins) [ edit ] Mixed doubles: 3 (2 wins, 1 runner-up) [ edit ] ^ a b During the season, she did not play in the main-draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup , which is not counted as a played tournament but matches count. References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]